Protective Effect of Spermidine Against Excitotoxic Neuronal Death Induced by Quinolinic Acid in Rats: Possible Neurotransmitters and Neuroinflammatory Mechanism
Jamwal S, Singh S, Kaur N, Kumar P. Protective Effect of Spermidine Against Excitotoxic Neuronal Death Induced by Quinolinic Acid in Rats: Possible Neurotransmitters and Neuroinflammatory Mechanism. Neurotoxicity Research 2015, 28: 171-184. PMID: 26078029, DOI: 10.1007/s12640-015-9535-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuinolinic acidBody weightQA treatmentGABAergic medium spiny neuronsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsOxidative stressGABAergic neuronal lossPro-inflammatory levelsHyperkinetic movement disordersExcitotoxic cell deathAnti-inflammatory propertiesExcitotoxic neuronal deathMedium spiny neuronsReceptor antagonistic propertiesNeuroinflammatory mechanismsPossible neurotransmittersNeuroinflammatory markersNeuronal lossNeuroprotective effectsNeurotransmitter alterationsCatecholamine levelsCascade of eventsNeuronal deathSpiny neuronsMovement disorders